{"id":6133,"date":"2024-11-28T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving-from-space-nasa-astronauts-beam-home-turkey-day-message-video\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:00:50","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-from-space-nasa-astronauts-beam-home-turkey-day-message-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving-from-space-nasa-astronauts-beam-home-turkey-day-message-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving from space! NASA astronauts beam home Turkey Day message (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station (ISS) just wished all of us all a happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hague, Don Pettit, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have beamed home a Turkey Day message from their orbital perch, which <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> released on Wednesday (Nov. 27).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Greetings from the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a>!&#8221; Williams said to open the two-minute video. &#8220;Our crew up here just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family who are down on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth<\/a> and everyone who is supporting us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1924px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"three men and one woman wave from inside the international space station\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VGjmUh94MTwc2Nr9WQyjVE.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station \u2014 clockwise from bottom left, Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Don Pettit \u2014 send a Thanksgiving message down to Earth in November 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pettit spoke next, commenting on the separation that he and his colleagues must be feeling on days like today.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Thanksgiving is typically a holiday where family and friends get together,&#8221; the astronaut said. &#8220;Sometimes that can&#8217;t happen \u2014 to physically be around each other\u2014 but in today&#8217;s age, you can virtually tie in to your family and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He handed the mic to Hague, who took the opportunity to talk turkey. And I mean that literally: He opened a box of victuals, showing us the pouches that hold the astronauts&#8217; Turkey Day feast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got Brussels \u2014&#8221; Hague said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nYqRkZVERcv7SpUEGVbHij\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nYqRkZVERcv7SpUEGVbHij slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s sardines!&#8221; Pettit interjected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, apples and spice, and smoked turkey,&#8221; Hague continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be delicious.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wilmore was next. He noted some of the many things that he and his crewmates have to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, there&#8217;s not many places that you can be that you can actually lay on the ceiling, and this is one of them,&#8221; Wilmore said. &#8220;We&#8217;re thankful for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/23017-weightlessness.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/23017-weightlessness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zero gravity<\/a>. It&#8217;s fantastic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On personal level, the astronauts are thankful for &#8220;our family, our friends \u2014 those that are lifting up prayers for us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We&#8217;re grateful for a nation that is a spacefaring nation, that lets us live free, say what we think is important to say and so many other things. There&#8217;s so much to be thankful for in this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The four astronauts closed out the video together, saying in unison, &#8220;Happy Thanksgiving!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who commands the ISS&#8217; current Expedition 72 mission, and Wilmore arrived at the station on June 6, on the first-ever crewed flight of Boeing&#8217;s new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19367-boeing-cst-100.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19367-boeing-cst-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starliner<\/a> capsule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The duo were supposed to stay on the orbiting lab for just a week or so, but issues with Starliner&#8217;s thrusters prolonged their mission. Ultimately, NASA decided to bring Starliner back to Earth uncrewed, which <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/boeing-starliner-lands-earth-crew-flight-test-mission\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/boeing-starliner-lands-earth-crew-flight-test-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happened in September<\/a>. Williams and Wilmore will come home in February with Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on their <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Crew Dragon capsule. (Hague and Gorbunov arrived at the ISS in late September, on SpaceX&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronaut-mission-iss-docking\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronaut-mission-iss-docking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crew-9 mission<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Pettit came to the ISS on Sept. 11 aboard a Russian <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40951-soyuz-spacecraft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soyuz<\/a> spacecraft, which also ferried cosmonauts Oleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/happy-thanksgiving-from-space-nasa-astronauts-beam-home-turkey-day-message-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link 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